Comment ummm maybe a little thought here (Score 1) 1095
Those of you saying /. should fight this is halirious. This isn't about freedom of speech or anything else. It is plain and simple, a posting of content not belonging to the poster or to /.
That in itself is illegal.
Take for example back in the days when you dialed in with a modem to your local BBS and you just happen to find a copy of Doom (yes ages ago when games fit on floppies). Now who is in the wrong here? The person who uploaded it or the person who owns the BBS? Believe it or not, the person who owns the BBS is the one that gets the lawsuit.
/. is responsible for what is stored on its server, no matter if they own the copyright to it or not. Comments about MickeySoft or any other company is fine. Posting their material isn't. Duh, that is what freedom of speech is.
Would any of you be making a fuss over this if some shareware author asked /. to remove some part of their copyrighted material? I think not.
-Kupie
Some of us can't live on open source alone...bills can't get paid with "free" currency.....
That in itself is illegal.
Take for example back in the days when you dialed in with a modem to your local BBS and you just happen to find a copy of Doom (yes ages ago when games fit on floppies). Now who is in the wrong here? The person who uploaded it or the person who owns the BBS? Believe it or not, the person who owns the BBS is the one that gets the lawsuit.
/. is responsible for what is stored on its server, no matter if they own the copyright to it or not. Comments about MickeySoft or any other company is fine. Posting their material isn't. Duh, that is what freedom of speech is.
Would any of you be making a fuss over this if some shareware author asked
-Kupie
Some of us can't live on open source alone...bills can't get paid with "free" currency.....
